Alright, here’s what’s on tap for the day: Trump appears to back down on striking Iran , NATO allies rally around Greenland , and phase 2 of Trump’s Gaza plan (sort of) begins.
Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report. John is flying solo this week as Rishi enjoys some much-deserved time off, but he’s received some assistance from his fantastic FP colleague Christina Lu.
Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report. John is flying solo this week as Rishi enjoys some much-deserved time off, but he’s received some assistance from his fantastic FP colleague Christina Lu.
Alright, here’s what’s on tap for the day: Trump appears to back down on striking Iran, NATO allies rally around Greenland, and phase 2 of Trump’s Gaza plan (sort of) begins.
Is the Iran Crisis Over?
U.S. President Donald Trump appears to have backed away from taking military action against Iran—for the moment, at least—for its brutal, deadly crackdown on anti-government protests. Trump threatened to hit Iran hard if it continued to kill protesters but kept moving the goalposts even as reports of massacres trickled through a communications blackout imposed by the Iranian government.
The protests, which began in late December and were perhaps the largest in the Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution, have seemingly been squashed. Trump alluded to this in comments on Wednesday. The “killing has stopped,” Trump said, adding that Iran had also called off planned executions of detained protesters.
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